topic Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly in Android

HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:48:22 GMT

Hi,

I have a Desire X and I constantly have the low storage warning coming up. The only apps that are actually installed on the phone are the bloatware that comes with the phone that I never use. I can't move them to the sd card (I don't think).

When I go to view storage it shows the following:

App Storage 2.81GB / 2.91GB

Phone Storage 4.52MB / 1.09GB

SD Card 23.24GB / 29.71GB

All my apps that I can move are on the SD Card. I can't uninstall the preset ones and the auto upgrade whenever I reset them to factory.

Any ideas on what I can do? I really don't want to root my phone.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

MI5 — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:14:45 GMT

You need to go into application manager and clear the cache for all of the apps stored on the phone itself.
Data relating to the apps will be using your storage space and as you can see you only have 100mb free.
I'm not sure what version of android your are running (pre JB I assume) but you may also find that a factory reset will be required unless you have the option to format the internal SD which will reset everything back to factory state.
Make sure any backups are taken of anything important to you before doing this as the phone will be wiped.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:17:07 GMT

Hi

It could be the data that the apps themselves collate.

You can delete this accrued data or delete the app and re install.

Unfortunately the available internal memory in your model is low and you can come across this.

Generally apps on your model can not be moved from the phone to sd card.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

MI5 — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:22:44 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

It could be the data that the apps themselves collate.

You can delete this accrued data or delete the app and re install.

FYI bob, the OP states they are system apps which cannot be deleted.

Android gives you the option to clear data from within app manager as pointed out above.

Any shadow copies or latent files/folders as a result of previously uninstalled apps can only be deleted by reformatting the drive......

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:43:38 GMT

Noted.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:54:15 GMT

Thanks for the advice. I have tried clearing caches for everything and it works for a couple of days, and also tried turning off auto-updating, but that only works for the apps I install. I can't stop the new apps updating themselves which is when I run out of space.

<rant>

It's really annoying as there's about 1GB of free space on the phone that the apps can use. It's a bit of crappy system design that you can't resize the allocated space for the apps, and I guess 02 or HTC or whoever decides to put these apps don't really think about it when they're cashing the cheques from the app authors.

</rant>

I was a bit concerned about the low storage of the handset when I bought it, but when I did there was only 1 or 2 'system' apps like TuneIn Radio and Amazon MP3 that I couldn't get rid of. Now there is more like 10, and the main culprit seems to be SoundHound, which I don't think I've ever even opened!

Have done a factory reset, will see how it goes and accept that as the answer if it works for more that a week!

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:27:52 GMT

Hi

We have come across so many people in the situation you are which ultimately boils down to low internal memory in the phone.

Why manufacturers release phones that allow app downloads with low internal memory is beyond me. 😞

Even with a factory reset it will creep up again. 😞

I recently talked my daughter out of buying an iPhone with 8Gb of internal memory as when the iOS firmware uses the memory your left with approx 6Gb which can soon be used up with Apps alone.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:40:27 GMT

I have marked solution.

To give a bit more detail, I did a factory reset and left any themes as they were and only installed what I really needed. I guess I am like everyone and tried out loads of apps when I first got the phone, and I think they must have left some traces of junk behind. Maybe not much, but enough to accrue into just enough to trigger the storage warning.

So, if you are having issues, factory reset and start again! I have everything backed up in my gmail account so all contacts and stuff came back really quickly.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:42:21 GMT

Good to hear.

Thank you for your update.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

MI5 — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:45:55 GMT

It's a good idea to do a reset from time to time and esp after a firmware update to ensure all old temp files and cached files are cleared out - A bit like spring cleaning your home....
Glad you're sorted and thanks for updating us.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:46:10 GMT

This has also started happening on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Note 3 although in those cases there was ample memory space.

I suspect a glitch in 4.4.2.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Sammy_boy — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:55:51 GMT

Could also be system updates gobbling up that space, I find that on an Xperia x10 mini. Updates to the OS, a couple of non - movable apps and their data and the low space warning was on permanently!

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:36:18 GMT

A bit of a necro, but a little more information to share.

I was still getting storage issues after cleaning caches.

I noticed some apps taking up far too much space (e.g. Chrome 225mb - empty cache - 0 data).

Rather than backup/wipe/restore, I just downgraded preinstalled apps & updated all again.

Result: over 250mb improvement overall (e.g. Chrome now 76Mb).

Procedure:

1: Settings > Apps > Downloaded. If there's an "uninstall updates" button, use it.

2: update apps at Play Store

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:41:01 GMT

for clarity that's:
1: Settings > Apps > Dowloaded. Go through apps one by one, if there's an "uninstall updates" button, use it

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

MI5 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:13:22 GMT

Good tip

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:40:25 GMT

Fantastic tip, thank you. I have just spent a few minutes rolling all the pre-installed bloatware back to the factory version and saved about 500mb! Not much for most phone users, but it's a good chunk. Thanks!

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:41:26 GMT

Every days a school day.

I've learnt something new too.

Re: HTC Desire X Low Storage Warning Constantly

aldaweb — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:25:42 GMT

Another good tip to add to the memory banks